Contemporary Art in the Gulf

Here is the full text of the book I published in 2013, called ‘Contemporary Art in the Gulf – an Introduction’.

Ibrahim Quraishi: A possible point of departure

And here is the Table of Contents:

7: Foreword
11: Contemporary Art in the Gulf
29: A Cultural History of the Arabian Peninsula
47: Saudi Arabia
69: Kuwait
87: Bahrain
99: The United Arab Emirates
119: Qatar
129: Oman
137: Where the Gulf is Heading

LINK TO THE BOOK

Searching for Ancient Arabia

I’m about to start a FIND fellowship at New York University Abu Dhabi called ‘Searching for Ancient Arabia’ and I’m looking for artists, curators, critics and scholars to participate in this research project.Ancient Arabia 1

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